Jake's cartoon, Maggie's horror, Zodiac DVD's length, Reese's ice cream

I had a pleasant surprise this evening, Mr WDW returned home from working away for the week, clutching Jake's Daily Mail for me from Monday which he had saved for me for the entire week with barely a crease. You all read the interview - the one where Jake Gyllenhaal said that women pee louder than men, that movie making turns him on and he took some sound advice from Eminem - but you might not have seen the image that went with it. It made me chuckle and I thought you might find it fun.



Jake also said in the Dail Mail interview that he and Maggie both couldn't look at the other involved in sex scenes in a film. Coincidentally, Maggie is featured in this week's The Brooklyn Paper expressing not a little unease at the famous picture from Secretary, which showed Maggie naked except for a strategically placed fur shawl. The image had been on the cover of a previous Brooklyn Paper and this is what the reporter showed Maggie. And her reaction?
'“This is terrible!” said movie star Maggie Gyllenhaal last week when a Brooklyn Paper reporter handed her a copy of a highly controversial front page our newpaper... The story generated weeks’ worth of antagonistic letters to the editor, but never a response from the starlet herself — until this week, when The Brooklyn Paper caught up with her at a public school fundraising event' in Cobble Hill. “I hate that photo,” Gyllenhaal exclaimed when we presented her with a copy of the issue. “This is terrible!” [The photo had been supplied by the movie company. Then Gyllenhaal went back to serving lemonade and cookies at the charity event in Cobble Hill.'


'Life has settled down for the celebrity couple now that their daughter Ramona Sarsgaard is a 1-year-old, and Gyllenhaal says she wants to give back to the community. “Now that my daughter is older and I have more free time, I want to spend as much of it as possible helping people who don’t have all the advantages I have."'

I must take umbrage at the description of Maggie as a starlet. Has Maggie ever been a starlet in her entire career? - I'd argue No with a capital N.


Zodiac Director's Cut

The long yearned for Director's Cut of Zodiac is arriving in the letter and mail boxes of reviewers. Jeffrey Wells from Hollywood Elsewhere received his yesterday. The debate about exactly how many minutes the new version is carries on but what is unquestionable is how much respect this film continues to receive as we head into award season. You can also see from the accompanying picture what the final DVD may look like - a vast improvement if still not perfect.


Ice cream anyone?

As we all know Just Jared posted no fewer than 65 photos from Jake and Reese's tour of Rome last weekend. I took far fewer myself during my own Roman tour, but then I only had a tatty old map and an MP3 player for company. Two things to note about the pictures - firstly, our friend BG is smiling (I think I may call him Smiler from now on) and, secondly, Reese is a braver woman than I for eating ice cream in those temperatures. I went for the hot brandy and spaghetti option.



Many more here. Includes pictures from IHJ and Hollywood Elsewhere. Cartoon by leepeters.com.